Zeb, my first impression of your resume was that it was very neat and that I could tell that you actually put the time in to make sure that it was.
It is very apparent that you made sure that all of your margins are the same in every area and that all of your columns are aligned perfectly. I also like the way you have drawn your personal information to the reader by making it big, bold, and in the center. Your section headings are also very obvious, but they might be approaching the larger side of things. The overall look of your resume is very appealing and lets the reader flow throughout your resume pretty easily.
Your objective statement is very specific, but tells the company exactly what you are looking for, which can be either a good thing or a bad thing. Sometimes it can be a bad thing to make your objective too specific, so you might want to think about modifying yours a little. Your education and training section overall looks pretty good. Your coursework section is very impressive in that it shows how much classroom experience you really have and how it can be utilized within different companies. The only down fall to your coursework section is that there is a whole lot of information in one little area, which might make it hard for a reader to scan. Your work experience section is great; it gives tons of good descriptions of what you did on the job and is formatted correctly. One thing to make your work experience a little better would be to try and use parallel verbs, like the instructor blog number 2 states. Your interests section gives the employer a good idea of who you are as a person, but in my eyes it is often better to give them several activities that you have done to show them a few extracurricular activities you have participated in. I also could not find any grammar or spelling mistakes in it.
Overall your resume is very good. The overall set up of it is easy to read and it flows together pretty smoothly. Your education, work experience, and interests do a good job of showing how qualified you really are. I hope some of the changes I mentioned above can help you to improve your resume even more.
Zebulon, yeah overall I think that your resume is great. Everyone always has opinion on what sections to put and not to put. I saw that you added the High School information on the resume. Sometime I do not think that is a good idea, but I think that is really up to you. The relevant coursework is sometimes not a good section to put, and maybe reconsider the section if you run across a new section to put on your resume. On your resume, I think the relevant coursework section actually works great. It is a lot better than putting an activities section where people could make something up and it would never matter to employers. I think all of the sections are up to you but looking at other people’s resumes is a great way to find new ideas. The relevant coursework section is like the skills section on some resumes and is recommended to be discarded from a resume. According to the readings in class, the skills section is a section that is mostly skipped in the reviewing process.
I think that the experience section on your resume is very great. One thing that I noticed was that you put US Steel on your resume. I also worked for US Steel this summer and when updating my resume I did not know how to write it specifically. I contacted someone about it and they said that it is suppose to be written US Steel – Gary Works on our resumes. It probably really does not matter much but I thought it was interesting.
The over all appearance of you resume is good. The use of bold lines to separate each section is a nice touch and the nonstandard type of bullets is another nice touch that helps catch the readers eye to your resume.
I only things that I have to say that would help enhance your resume would be your education and references sections. When it comes down to referencing your education backgrounds, the people at CCO had mentioned to my roommate and myself to only include your college education. I was going to state in my resume that I had attended a junior college and obtained my associates degree but they mentioned that it wouldn't be necessary and that it wouldn't quite make as an impression that I was shooting for. Now when it comes to stating that references are available upon request that also isn't that important. My previous professors had told me that they automatically assume that you would be more than willing to provide them with such information if they ask for it.
I only have one more recommendation to offer you. I don't know how often it is that you move from place to place, but I find myself moving about once a year. By putting your apartment address on your resume might not be the best idea in case the employer wants to contact you after you move. I recommend that you put a more permanent address in there like a parents address. All in all your resume is very nice and I hope these few recommendations help.
Resume Critique
Zeb, my first impression of your resume was that it was very neat and that I could tell that you actually put the time in to make sure that it was.
It is very apparent that you made sure that all of your margins are the same in every area and that all of your columns are aligned perfectly. I also like the way you have drawn your personal information to the reader by making it big, bold, and in the center. Your section headings are also very obvious, but they might be approaching the larger side of things. The overall look of your resume is very appealing and lets the reader flow throughout your resume pretty easily.
Your objective statement is very specific, but tells the company exactly what you are looking for, which can be either a good thing or a bad thing. Sometimes it can be a bad thing to make your objective too specific, so you might want to think about modifying yours a little. Your education and training section overall looks pretty good. Your coursework section is very impressive in that it shows how much classroom experience you really have and how it can be utilized within different companies. The only down fall to your coursework section is that there is a whole lot of information in one little area, which might make it hard for a reader to scan. Your work experience section is great; it gives tons of good descriptions of what you did on the job and is formatted correctly. One thing to make your work experience a little better would be to try and use parallel verbs, like the instructor blog number 2 states. Your interests section gives the employer a good idea of who you are as a person, but in my eyes it is often better to give them several activities that you have done to show them a few extracurricular activities you have participated in. I also could not find any grammar or spelling mistakes in it.
Overall your resume is very good. The overall set up of it is easy to read and it flows together pretty smoothly. Your education, work experience, and interests do a good job of showing how qualified you really are. I hope some of the changes I mentioned above can help you to improve your resume even more.
The Gary Works
Zebulon, yeah overall I think that your resume is great. Everyone always has opinion on what sections to put and not to put. I saw that you added the High School information on the resume. Sometime I do not think that is a good idea, but I think that is really up to you. The relevant coursework is sometimes not a good section to put, and maybe reconsider the section if you run across a new section to put on your resume. On your resume, I think the relevant coursework section actually works great. It is a lot better than putting an activities section where people could make something up and it would never matter to employers. I think all of the sections are up to you but looking at other people’s resumes is a great way to find new ideas. The relevant coursework section is like the skills section on some resumes and is recommended to be discarded from a resume. According to the readings in class, the skills section is a section that is mostly skipped in the reviewing process.
I think that the experience section on your resume is very great. One thing that I noticed was that you put US Steel on your resume. I also worked for US Steel this summer and when updating my resume I did not know how to write it specifically. I contacted someone about it and they said that it is suppose to be written US Steel – Gary Works on our resumes. It probably really does not matter much but I thought it was interesting.
Resume Critique
The over all appearance of you resume is good. The use of bold lines to separate each section is a nice touch and the nonstandard type of bullets is another nice touch that helps catch the readers eye to your resume.
I only things that I have to say that would help enhance your resume would be your education and references sections. When it comes down to referencing your education backgrounds, the people at CCO had mentioned to my roommate and myself to only include your college education. I was going to state in my resume that I had attended a junior college and obtained my associates degree but they mentioned that it wouldn't be necessary and that it wouldn't quite make as an impression that I was shooting for. Now when it comes to stating that references are available upon request that also isn't that important. My previous professors had told me that they automatically assume that you would be more than willing to provide them with such information if they ask for it.
I only have one more recommendation to offer you. I don't know how often it is that you move from place to place, but I find myself moving about once a year. By putting your apartment address on your resume might not be the best idea in case the employer wants to contact you after you move. I recommend that you put a more permanent address in there like a parents address. All in all your resume is very nice and I hope these few recommendations help.